Sociolinguistics Tutorial

Author: FLTRP (Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press)
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Publish Date: 2000-08-01
Features: This new edition of R.A. Hudson's widely acclaimed textbook Sociolinguistics will be welcomed by students and teachers alike. To reflect changes in the fields since the publication of the first edition in 1980, the author has added new sections on politeness, accommodation, and prototypes; and he has expanded discussion of sex differences in language use and the relationship between language and thought. Over a third of the second edition is completely new, and there is one entirely new chapter, but ample coverage of classic topics such as varieties of language, speech as social interaction, the quantitative study of speech and linguistic and social inequality remains. Like the first, the second edition of Sociolinguistics is an exceptionally clear and helpful overview of the relationship of language and society. This book is part of the Contemporary Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics Collection, and is divided into seven chapters. It elaborates on the basic principles of sociolinguistics in detail from multiple aspects, such as language varieties, language, culture, and thought, as well as the quantitative study of speech. The content of the book is comprehensive, with strong scientific, systematic, theoretical, and informative properties. It is not only suitable for beginners to learn from but also serves as a valuable reference for researchers.